The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Th leir Majesties arrived in town 20 minutes before 1 o'clock Yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived at St. James's Palace soon after their Majesties. A dejeuner was afterwards served in Queen Anne's room to the King and Qu een, t h e Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia,Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, and a select party. In the afternoon, M. Dedel, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Netherlands, had an audience of her Majesty in the Queen's House, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign. His Excellency was introduced by Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chambei lain, and con ducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The D uc h ess of Gloucester remained with their Majesties till 4 o'clock, when her Royal Highness left the Palace, and returned to Gloucester House. Their Majesties left town 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, escorted by a party of Hussars, for Wi n d sor C ast l e . Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal arrived in town yester day, from Windsor Castle. His Serene Highness paid visits to the Prussian, Danish, and Saxon Ministers, at their respec tive residences. The Portuguese and Turkish Ministers transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Attorney a tour in -General the Isle o and Lady f Wi Stra g th ht eden arrived in town yesterday, from . D- aO VER, SEPT. .—Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians will arrive here to-morrow. Count Beroldingen and his lady have returned to the Clarendon, from Windsor Castle. The Count is Minister for Foreign Affairs at Stutgard. wiLord from Widmer Castle, which has exhibited one conti nued scene of gaiety during the last fortnight. The Duk e an d D uc h ess o f S t. Al b ans have taken villa at Sidmouth, in Devonshire, having given up their pro- Jected tour to the Continent this year. t _ Lord L eveson, eldest son of Earl Granville, has left _l!e seat of L or d R ivers, Mistley Hall, Manningtree, to join his noble parents at Paris. ' Earl Wilton intends to build immediately a splendid Illusion on his noble father's estate of Belgrave-square. The Duke of Wellington has accepted an invitation to visit t h e Duke and DuChess of Beaufort, at Badminton park, ear l y next month, when it is expected his Grace will new the Glouceste rs hire omanr under the command of the Duk e of Beaufort. ye y, ...Lord Melbourne paid a visit to the Duke of Devon re at Chatsworth last week. The Hon. Mr., Mrs., and G aceuosonby are the o n ly gues t s at present so j ourn i ng at hi s s splendid mansion. Rar Earl d e G rey has proceeded to Newby Hall, near s _ o ughbrid ge , preparatory to reviewing the Yorkshire Hus s", of which fine corps his Lordship is Colonel ; but in con sequence of the backward state of the harvest the review will not take place until the first week in the ensuing month. The D u k e o f S ussex intends to remain the guest o f ignisefrie_nd, Lord Dinorb en , a t K enme ll P ar k, two mon th s . It neat first visit of th e R oya l D u k e since t h e me l anc h o ly an d ' une xpected death of Lady Dinorben. Con ord S u ffi e l d has been entertaining Lord Albert iiYngbarn and a di st i ngu i s h e d sport i ng party a t G un t on a , Norfolk. The E ar l o f Li c hfi e ld w ill enterta i n a party t o en j oy the s ports of th e fi e ld ear l y next wee k at hi s s h oo ti ng l o d ge , "unton, Staffordshire. Le Baron de Vietinghoff, Chamberlain to the Ern er°r of Russi a , on a special mission, has arrived at Mivart's hotel. The M arqu i s and March i oness Ch o l mon d e l ey h ave Dow ager gon e to ss olmondele Ce, eshire, whre e Du c h e Ch ea of Bufort y and astl Ch set e Lady H. Somer are th on a visit. tThe M arqu i s G ra h am an d L or d Willi am G ra h am rove left G rosvenor-square for t h e seat o f t h e D u k e o f Mon iisse, Whose feeble state of health prevents him from visiting estates in the north. Lord Willoughby de Broke is giving employment to ,utinerous poor persons by the improvements making on his zordship's estate at Comton near Stratford -upon• ve u- His Lordship h s e also been entertaining a numerous p ar ty, of friends at his hospitable mansion. niB Excellency the Count Lottum, Ambassador Ext raordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Na atia to th e King of Holland, left Mi var t' s H o t e l, f or th e Eie. rhe Bi s h op o f L on d on i s sufficiently recovered from ' 4B late indisposition to have been enabled during his residence at Malvern to preach in the Abbey Church. CIIELTENIIAM, SEPT. 11.—We continue very full seasonal'fashionle visitors, more than usually so at this period of tee it is affirmed that at the last Master of the Cere alonies' ball, at the Montpelier Rotunda, there were present (visitors and residents) 800 individuals. This is exceeding the average attendance of Almack's by upwards of 200. Recent 1$ all—Sir G eorge and Lady Way, at the George ; Hon. Stuart, at th e R oya l Hotel ; Sir Thomas Saumerez, at the Plough Lady Smith, Lady Montague, Countess D'Aceto, Lord and Lady Deere, Hon. Miss Jerningham, &c. jul The Gazdamage done by the hail-storm of the 25th of inth e e ti n e! Bathighbourhood of Salisbury, amounts to 7,2501. Sportsmen in the neighbourhood of Bedford com plain that birds are not numerous, and the coveys very small. --Northampton Mercurg. Philosophy is sometimes defined to be the middle state between knowledge and wisdom. Earl,StanhoP e who has re ti re d f rom pu bli c lif e, h as ee entertaining ' a the Premier and other distinguished friends, ' at his seat, Chevening, near Sevenoaks.—Kentish Gazette. On Thursday last, as Mr. C. R. B. Granville, Adjutant of the 80th Regiment, now at Trinidad, was bathing from a boat in Dumpton-bay, near Broadstairs, not being an expert swimmer, he sank to rise no more, before the Waterman I yho accompanied him could afford any assistance. On Friday, at the inquest, a verdict of " Accidentally Drowned" was re %med.—Kentish Chronicle. PRAG UE , SEPT. 2.—Our capital had yesterday t h e rehig the happiness to witness the arrival of th e i r M ajesties Emperor and Empress. ' They reached the nvaledenhaus a t fine o'clock, from which the procession set t out for Irad 2?tin. It w as ver y s pl en did, and reached the P a l ace at e l even ° clock; where their Majesties were received, amidst the loudest I le ehtmatio ns o f an i mmense mu ltit u d e of their loyal subjects, the Archduk es an d A rc hduchesses and their families, who ad arrived before them, as well as by the officers of the Court, ue Duties from the Corporation, &e. The Governor, Count ea Cheliek, addressed his Majesty in a congratulatory speech la the Bohemian language ; to which the Emperor returned a gracious answer. Their Majesties afterwards went to the Cathed ral, where' the Prince Bishop, amidst the ringing of lells and salutes of artillery, chanted the prayer pro rocip iiendo Te, and the Ambrosian Hymn, and gave their Majesties the iniliseopal benediction. They then returned to their apart "lts, where they received various deputations, and afterwards PPerwed in the balconies, to the great gratification of the Peopl e. b THE HAGUE, SEPT. 9.—We understand that the inqal Family will be at this place on the 10th. His Excel sVeY the Minister for Foreign Affairs is expected here about ,fr o 15th instant. The last accounts of his Excellency were iii°4l._Frankfort. The grand review of the troops at Ryan by pi:_aelajesty, which was announced for yesterday, did not take , 4n e • A letter from Bois-le-Duc, of the 7th, says—" We break state with certainty, that the camp at Ryan will th e 7 l '..up on the 11th of this month, and the troops return to pi ne tormer quarters, so that we shall have the pleasure of Ate ' the 17th division of infantry return to garrison this , r The h ea d- quarters of his Royal Highness the Prince Waage, as C ommander-in -Chief, will remain at Tilburg. " 1 4e - ) .° Sat ur d ay even i ng last, as Edward Lomax, the L,; newsman, was standing at the Leigh station, on the ) a , fl:Pool railway, waiting for one of the luggage trains, that nboulutlght ride home, he was caught between the train that was at its I° sto and train laden with imber, which had arr i ved uestdestination.The goods upon the waggon caught his and proce e di ng a l ong , turne d hi m roun d , d r i v i ng I : o l g a elZT into his stomach. H e was i mme di ate l y conveye d la st i Pighbourin,s house, where he died on Monday evening T onna the effects of the injuries sustained. • /1 GREAT WILL CAUSE.—The Marsden Will iiieseaa brought to a conclusion at Lancaster on Friday bi ai ,,N 2 having lasted eleven days. The verdict was for the int":,F, Admiral Tatham, thus setting aside the will of the se en Z r . Marsden, and dispossessing Mr. Wright, as would be sp nil e °ln the report in our paper of yesterday. A corre ircent favours us with the followieg interesting particulars t ta s eted with this extraordinary case The property p ast 1 1, amounts to nearly 7,0001. a-year. During the early of tii °` the trial bets were freely taken of 2 to 1 in favour for Plaintiff, and at the close of Sir F. P o ll oc k' s rep l y Iveciae defendant they rose to 6to 1 and no takers. On iiial considerable interest was expected by the appear. • m the witness-box of Wordsworth, th e poet. This In all eloquent" had been subpcenaed to give his opi vhet, s‘ ll a gentleman, in the habit of literary composition, k at n.er certain letters produced were probably written by Mrs. o f h rezt or not. Mr. Wordsworth had brought all the powers was that they furnished internal evidence that they did not t , t • e c e a n ate from the same mind, though they were written Laur ea te of, ttle hand. In his opinion Dr. Southey (the Poet ) and Dr. Shelton Mackenzie (of Liverpool), both ti ever 2 ll were also subpcenaed, decidedly agreed, and had aticatinoinlYsvciothrne to the same conclusion without any . co . mme. ef these Mr. Wordsworth, or each other. The evidence gentlemen was objected to by Sir F. Pollock, and Mr. te "ell said that his ease was strong enough without it, and .I "at he would not peril his client's cause by evidence which t en th u - Id . h .Y Popibility be objected to. On Thursday Dr. Lingard .3`pin" joanisstooitiman2risvdas examined, and he fully corroborated the the other lit en's letters formed by Mr. Wordsworth, and lat e m r , literary gentlemen. Dr. Lingard had known the on s e rn —• t!'e ental arsden, therefore as a witness to facts his opinion iniras Tatham ~a a P a t e h i i t s y d o a f y the deceased was admissible, Ad- P A S attitined his 82d year." denornitenar; EsisTENcE.---Thg Dissenters of the tip itis ?t , to adopt theions Beceles have met, isaul passed a resolu uF Church -rates - 8376 d they of passive resistance to tea payment have appointed a Committee ca V e . re h s t )° ,2 l ( l _ with the n Provisional Committee in London as to ear, "°' mode of conduct, should any attempt be made to t g e tile rate. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YESTEIZDA r. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. Various alterations resulted from the business transacted yesterday afternoon on the St. Leger. Brother to St. Giles was backed freely at 11 to 5, and in one or two instances at 2to 1 ; 11 to 2, and afterwards 5 to 1, were taken eagerly about Elis, ono or two parties offering to go at the latter price. Redshank and Vulture were were in favour at 9 and 10 to 1, both. prices being taken to a considerable amount; at the close, however, they were offered. Beeswing's friends fought rather shy, and suffered her to drop 11 to 1 ; the same odds having been laid against Wedge, who would have declined to a still greater extent had not one or two of his old friends sup ported him with some spirit. Trapball was backed to a con siderable amount at 13 to 1, and at the finish at a point less. Black Diamond rose to 16 to 1, but was not in any demand. The betting was brisk, and did not terminate until nearly half past six o'clock, until which time the average prices were as follow :- 2 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Bro. to St. Giles—taken at 11 to 5 5 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bird's Redshank 10 to I agst Mr. Allanson's Vulture 12 to 2 agst Colonel Westenra's Wedge—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Trapball—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Gladiator—no backers 16 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's Black Diamond UPTON-UPON-SEVERN RACES, FRIDd r. The Ham Stakes of 5 so's. each, with 25 added. Heats, once round. 7 Subs. Mr. Davies's Latona, 5 vrs, Bst. 81b ......... Davies 1 1 Mr. F. Charlton's Gainsford, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b 0 2 Mr. Codrington's Baronet, 3 yrs, 6sl. 111 b 2 0 Mr. Arnold's Blue Bell, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b 3 dr The Upton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Davies's Latona, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b... ...... Davies 1 1 Mr. Solloway's ch. f. by Pantaloon, 3 yrs, 7st 2 dr Mr. Carelesse's Isaac, o yrs, Bst. 131 b 3 dr Mr. Cliffe's Brecon Lass, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 4 ,dr The Hack Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 10 added. Mr. Cliffe's Brecon Lass, 4 yrs, lOst. 41b....Cliffe 1 1 Mr. Thorne's Staysail, 3 yrs, Bst. 131 b 2 2 The celebrated American trotter Confidence, purchased for the late Duke of Gordon, was sold yesterday at Tattersall's for 235 guineas, to Mr. Collins, the dealer. He is a bright bay with black legs, stands fifteen hands and an inch, and is reported to have trotted twenty miles an hour in harness ! The sulky and harness only fetched fifteen guineas and a half. NEW ACT for the REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS. The following circular letter was on Saturday received by the clerks to the Board of Guardians in the metropolis from the Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners; and it has, no doubt, been transmitted to the Clerks of the other Boards of Guardians formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act throughout the country : " Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset-house, " 9th September, 1536. Sir,—The Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales transmit to you herewith a letter addressed to you by the registrar_ general, respecting the formation of registrars' districts, which they trust will receive the same prompt attention which you pay to the com munications from this office. The Commissioners request that whether you do or do not accept the office of superintendent -registrar in your union, and whether the union officers are or are not eventually appointed registrars, the union officers and yourself will give every possible assistance in carrying into effect the directions of the registrar-general, and the object of the Act under which he is appointed. " Signed by order of the Board, "EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary, " To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians.'' " ' London, Sept. 9, 1636. " Sir—ln the recent Act of the 6th and 7th of William IV. cap. 86, for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, it is enac ted, " That the guardians of every Union declared under the provisions of an Act passed in the sth and 6th years of his present Majesty, in. tituled an Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, and also of every parish or place in which a board of guardians shall have been esta blished under the provisions of the last-named Act, shall on or before the first day of October in this year, if the said board of guardians shall have been established before the passing of this Act, or within three calendar months next after we establishment of the board, if the said board shall not have been established before the passing of this Act, di vide the union or the parish or place of which they are the guardians into such and so many districts as they, subject to the approval of the registrar-general, shall think And it is further declared, " That every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a re gistrar's district" ." In requesting you to call the attention of the guardians to this first duty which devolves upon them, under the provisions of the aforesaid Act, I deem it expedient, with a view to the prevention of future delay, to point out the nature and extent of the information respect ing such proposed divisions, with which I must be furnished before I can feel justified in expressing either approval or dissent, and to convey to you certain principles which it is desirable should as far as possible be observed in the formation of registrars' districts. " I request that the statements respecting the formation of regis trars' districts, which must be submitted to me for appproval on or be fore the Ist day of October in thepresent year, may contain the following particulars respecting each proposed district " 1, AREA.—State the number of acres or of square miles contained in the proposed district, or, if no such measurement has been made, state the extreme length, and the extreme and mean breadth. " 2. POPULATION.—State the amount of thepopulation, according to the census of 1631, adding the present number, if known, or the computed ratio of increase since 1831. " 3. BOUNDARIES.—Describe the proposed boundaries of the registrar's district, stating whether they coincide wholly or in part with any ancient recognised boundaries, such as those of township, parish, hundred, or county; whether they intersect any such boundaries ; or whether they lie wholly within them. " ' State, also, whether such proposed district coincides with any me dical or relieving district of the Union in which you officiate, formed under the provisions of the Act of 4th and sth of Wm. IV., for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales. " State, also, whether any portion of the proposed district is detached. " ' 4. Naas.—State the distinguishing name by which the guardians propose the registrar's district shall be called. " ' It is requested that a statement respecting all the foregoing cir. cumstances may be made separately for each registrar's district into which the union or the parish or place may be divided by the guardians established therein ; and that the statements respecting all such districts in the union, &c., may be sent together by the post, directed to the Re gistrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages," at his office, London. It must at the same time be stated that the foregoing districts together form the whole union or parish or place, and that no part of it is ex. eluded from such districts. '" 11. It is my wish that the guardians, in proceeding to the forma tion of registrars' districts, should not be unnecessarily fettered in the exercise of their Judgment, or be diverted from a due attention to local peculiarities, by the supposed necessity of adhering rigidly to a precise rule; but, inasmuch as it is desirable that uniformity of system, in so far as it is practicable, should be attained, and that the chance of disap. proval, and of the delay and trouble consequent thereupon, should, as much as possible, be diminished, I deem it expedient to lay before you certain principles, the observance of which will conduce to the de. sirable attainment of that uniformity, and to the avoidance of those in conveniences. " In determining the proper extent of a registrar's district, it is de sirable that area and population should be considered conjointly, and each with reference to the other; that, when the population is dense, the area should be proportionally contracted ; that when it is thinly scattered over the country, the territorial extent should be proportionally increased. The evident object of such a rule is to equalize the labours of the regis trar; for it is obvious that the births and deaths in a population closely congregated within a town may be ascertained and registered by one per son with more ease and certainty than those of half the same amount of population thinly scattered over an extensive tract of country. " With respect to the amount of population which a registrar's dis trict may comprise, I am not disposed to require a very strict attention to number. But I may state that when the population is of average den sity, that district may be regarded as well adapted to the purposes of registration which contains about Live thousand persons. It is true that such a district (in which the entries of births and deaths will not amount to three hundred in a year) will not fully occupy the time and attention of a registrar ; but it must be remembered that the registrar will not be a person occupied exclusively with the business of registration ; and that it is of importance, not so much to ascertain the utmost that a single registrar can perform, and to assign such a district as will fully ev , ploy him, as to take care that neither the extent of territory, nor the amount of population under his supervision, shall render it probable that any birth or death can remain unnoticed. " With respect to the boundaries it is desirable, both with a view to facilitate the knowledge of the limits of the new district, and to avoid a multiplicity and-intermixture of divisions, that the boundaries of the registrar's districts shall (when it is practicable, consistent with the at. tainment of other objects) be identical with ancient recognised bounds. ries, such as township or parish, and shall not unnecessarily intersect them ; but it is not desired that the limits of a district should be much extended in order to make it coincident with any such ancient boun. dary. Facility of communication is of still greater importance than ad. herence to an ancient boundary ; and compactness and connection of, territory must not be sacrificed for the sake of such adherence. Thus, for example, a river extending far, without ford or bridge, may with propriety be made part of the boundary of a registrar's district, although the parish, of which that district is a part, may not terminate at that boundary. It is also expedient that a registrar'sdistrict should invaria. bly be one connected portion of territory, and not consist of two or more detatched portions. "' Although it is advisable that the consideration of the immediate duty of division into registrars' districts, and that of the subsequent duty of selecting lit persons for the office of registrar, shall as much as po,sible be kept distinct, yet it is right that your attention should be directed to the I fith clause of the Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, which enjoins that every registrar shall dwell within the district for which he is registrar. This provision should not be forgotten in the formation of registrars' districts ; and as it is obvious that the same registrar cannot be appointed for more than one district, it is de sirable that each district should contain persons whose characters for intelligence, diligence, honesty, and regularity of conduct, and whose ability to write and keep accounts with neatness and accuracy, may render them, its the opinion of the guardians, capable of fulfilling the duties of a registrar. Of the nature of these duties the guardians may be sufficiently informed by inspection of the Act for Reg. •nitig Births, Deaths, and Marriages. " It is recommended that the name by which the registrar's district may be called shall be that of the parish or township, or of the largest of two or snore parishes or townships contained in it ; or if two or snore districts shall be contained within one parish or township, then that each shall be called by the name of some street, building, or place within each parish or township; but that, invariably, the name given shall be that of a place, and not of a parson. " It is desirable that the letter including a statement respecting the formation of registrars' districts should refer exclusively to that subject. There will be other subjects on which it will be my duty to address you, which must be reserved for subsequent communication. " lf, before the receipt of this letter, you shall have already trans mitted to me a statement of division into registrars' districts, as proposed by the board of guardians, and if such statement contains all those parti. eulars herein required, and if such proposed division has been made in conformity with the general principles herein expressed, and is one which the guardians do not propose to alter, I do not request that the state ment shall be made to me again, but only that, in reply to this letter, you shall notify the fact and period of such previous transmission, and inform me that such statement previously transmitted is that which the guar dians adopt as their final statement to be submitted for approval. If these particulars have been given only in part, it - is requested that the rema ining intbnnation may be afforded to me with as little delay as possible. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " T. H. LISTER, Registrar.general.' " The Lord Mayor ; Charles Barclay, Esq., M.P. ; Mr. Masterman, banker; Mr. Weston, banker; Alderman Lucas ; Messrs. Potts, distillers ; Simpson, Chadwick, Fern comb, Jones, and other influential and wealthy individuals in the City and borough of Southwark, are now busily employed in maturing a plan for raising an Equestrian Statue in honour of the Duke of Wellington, to be appropriately placed on the open space at the end of Duke-street and Wellington-street, on the Southwark side of London-bridge. The site appears to be'well adapted for the purpose ; the great a"cnue, as it were, from the Continent to the metropolis passes close to it ; various railways also will have their junction at the same spot. The Lord Mayor is to give the use of the Mansion-house, on Wednesday next, for a meeting on the subject. SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning, between six and seven o'clock, as a little boy in the employment of Mr. White, a master chimney sweep, residing near Vauxhall Bridge, was passing along Douglas -street, his attention was caught by something which seemed to be hanging from one of the raf ters of the first floor of one of the dilapidated houses between the end of Chapter-street and the Bridge-road. He soon clambered through one of the broken windows, and was almost petrified when lie found the object to be an elderly -looking man suspended his full length by a piece of cord and linen rag attached to it, and without making any move whatever. The boy hastened out immediately, and gave the alarm at Mr. Stringer's public-house (at the corner of Chapter-street), who, with his barman, were instantly on the spot, and cut down the unfortunate man, who was at once recognised to be a shoe maker, of the name of Harvey, who had for many years fol lowed his business in the Horseferry-road, Milbank-street, Westminster. His habits of life were known to be generally eccentric, and when he drank to excess lie was usually consi dered to be raving mad. The houses in which he committed the rash act are a standing nuisance to the whole neighbour hood, and have long excited the vigilant attention of the po lice. The body lies at Mr. Stringer's awaiting a Coroner's Inquest. A few days since a pleasure party took a boat at Portreath, and proceeded to the Gull-rock, where they kin dled a fire for culinary purposes, and enjoyed themselves on the rock throughout the day. On taking their departure in the evening, they neglected to extinguish the embers, which being fanned ky the breezes of the night, revived and s pread over a great part of the rocIE, FRFlsµtr►ing bhp . ierdtire which grew thereon. It contin ued to burn to r twq days and nights, and its nocturnal appeara nce was p ec u lia r l y interesting, as it looked like a volcano in miniature rising put no deuk rise tit created a great deal of surer of the ocean, and those who wit nessed it While pilssinU either up PC flown the phanneh— Cornwall Gazette, THE SUN, LONDON", TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1836. REFORM MEETINGS. ARRIVAL of the MEMBERS of the BOROUGH. _ (Abridged from the Devonporl Telegraph.) It having been announced that our worthy Representa-. tives, Sir Edward Codrington and Sir George Grey, in tended to visit the borough &ring the recess, means were adopted to afford them such a - reception as would prove that in Devonport at least there was no re-action, and Wed nesday e vening being fixed for their arrival, the st ree t s were crowded by the inhabitants, anxious, if possible, to wel come their entry into town. In this, however, they were disappointed, by the non-arrival of Sir George Grey at the expected hour, and the desire of Sir Edward Codrington that whetever marks of favour might be bestowed, should be participated in by his worthy colleague. The Gallant Admiral therefore quietly entered the town unobserved, and it was at first resolved by the members of his Commit tee, who received him at the Royal Hotel, that he should merely address a few words to the impatient crowd from the balcony of the hotel, and defer addressing his consti tuency until the arrival of Sir George Grey. Shortly after the arrival of the Gallant Admiral in the Town Hall, ho addressed the persons assembled. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON was introduced by the Chair man as " the friend of the people." As soon as silence was obtained, the Gallant Admiral proceeded :—Gentle men,—There has, it appears, been some little difficulty with respect to my addressing you this evening --with that I have had nothing to do—l am here to do as you wish, as I have always been ready to do. There is one thing lam desirous of saying—l do not think that it is any fault of Sir George lGrey's that he is not now present. The last words he said to me on Monday , were—" I certai n ly w ill b e at Devonport on Wednesday ;' and I know he was desi rous that we should address the electors at the same time, because we are embarked in the . same boat —we were elected together as two Reformers ; to be sure we may differ a little from circumstances and situation, though per haps not at all in opinion ; but those minor differences ought not to disunite us, for it is the business of Reformers to be united and to stand by each other. We have a party against us, and our opponents have been well trained to tactics, and surely in the great work of reform we ought to do ten times more than they do.—(Cheers.) I come here to do your wish, and I go to Parliament to do the same. You know that the House of Commons have gone through a most laborious session, and that they have done their ut most to pursue Reform to thejullest extent in their power ; that they have failed is the consequence of the House of Lords refusing to carry those principles into effect.—(Hear.) With respect to the Ministry, I believe the greatest part of them are as sincere in their desire to carry out this prin ciple to the utmost as you or I am.—(Cheers.) In pur suing the greatest and most important measures on which we, the Commons, have set our hearts, they have been most strongly opposed in the Lords. Why ? Because they are afraid of Reform ; not but that there are among them as strong and as earnest Reformers as the best of us, but they are impeded by a majority. Their principal fear is the losing of those loaves and fishes which they wrong fully possess.—(Bravo, and loud cheers.) Do they not ob ject to us, and say that we are led by Mr. O'Connell ? Gentlemen, we are not led by Mr. O'Connell. Gentle men, what is Mr. O'Connell ? He may use words which I for one deprecate as much as any man ; but no man can doubt that he is a well-wisher to his country.—(Bravo, and cheers.) I believe we have not a man in England so fit to be at the head of the Government as Lord Melbourne.— (Loud cheering.) How came he in that situation ? Not by choice ; and when he was turned out, what occurred— why he was offered an earldom and a blue ribbon, but he did not choose to accept either : is that usual with Peers ? No ; but he did so to show his independence—lie only wanted justice to be done to his country.—(Cheers.) The manner in which the measures sent up by the Commons have been thrown out by the Lords, is a direct insult to the House of Commons. With regard to the question of Ireland, which I consider the most vital question at the pre sent moment, I think the measures of the House of Com mons in reference to this subject have been treated with ab solute insult. We maintain somewhere about 25,000 sol diers in Ireland—have a large police force—and we have now a measure in operation in that country which is a dis grace to any country—and with all those means we cannot keep the people quiet.—(Hear, hear.) What is the reason of this ? We, in England, do not require so many men to keep us quiet, and why ? Because we have more equal justice than Ireland has, and because the people of Eng land insist that they will have that justice. It is a disgrace that the noblemen of this country should be under the dic tation of such a person as Lord Lyndhurst ; and if I were a person who desired the destruction of that House, I should drink Lord Lyndhurst's health every night, because I think he will do it more injury than any other individual. --(Hear, hear.) Now then, Gentlemen, I come to the question of the Church. When we talk of the Church one would think that it was composed of a certain number of gentlemen dressed in uniform, but I consider the whole Church as one congregation.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I know that in order to bring the question of a Reform in the House of Lords forward under present circumstances, it is necessary that the voice of the people should be heard in the proper quarter, and I do therefore hope that other constituencies will look minutely into the state of affairs ; judge of the work done in the House of Commons, and what was the reason of the opposition that has taken place to those measures. They will then see the necessity of making their opinions to be heard in the proper quarter, and I am sure if the House of Lords do not amend their ways that it will be then the proper time to move for a reform of that assembly.—(lmmense cheering.) (" Church-rates, Sir,Edward.") Oh ! Church -rates, I think, are done with. The Hon. and Gallant Member then con- , eluded by assuring the meeting that he should always b e , ready to support the views of th constituency as long as they , reposed c onfidence in him. This wns received by the most enthusiastic cheering, which was followed by three times three for Sir George Grey—for his Majesty's Mini. sters, and Daniel O'Connell, the Irishman's friend. SIR GEORGE GREY'S ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS. Sir George having arrived by the Bath mail on Wed nesday, evening, a placard was circulated early on Thurs day morning, announcing that he would address the elec tors at the Subscription School-room, at noon. Soon after the appointed hour, Sir George, accompanied by his brother, Sir Edward Codrington, and the Committee, entered the room amid the plaudits of the whole assembly, on the sub siding of which— Sir GEORGE GREY, after apologising for not being pre sent at the meeting, as appointed, on Wednesday evening, proceeded—Gentlemen, I have come here in pursuance of an invitation, which I shall always be ready to accept from the united body of the Reformers of Devonport and Stone house, an invitation sent to me and my colleague, as your representatives in Parliament, to which we were returned by the Reformers of Devonport, as two Reformers, to assert and maintain those Reform principles, and to turn out an unreformed, and to support a Reformed Ministry.—(Cheers.) There has been a similar meeting to the present held in the town of Leeds, where one of the members attended at a meeting of his constituents, which was attended by Lord Morpeth and another member for one of the Ridings of Yorkshire, and, as I am doing now, they explained their past conduct, and received the same approbation from their con stituents which I have also received from you. Every mem ber, or almost every member, who was elected on the last occasion, 'has to appear before a constituency, and they exercise the most wholesome influence over those candi dates who have all their lives been found in the ranks opposing Reform, but suddenly, on the last occasion, pro fessed themselves to be Conservative Reformers—(Cheers) and why did they do so ? Because they knew they had to address Reformers ; because they had to go certain lengths in abandoning their former principles—(Hear) —and they were actuated by this motive ; they thought they should be able to conciliate certain portions of Reformers, and by that means have driven them off from the ranks of those who, having more knowledge of the p as t, an d b e i ng b etter acquaint e d with human nature itself, were not to be de ceived by such false pretensions.—(Cheers.) I will shortly state the differences between the then Government and that with which I have now the honour of being officially con nected ; the principle, then, on which they acted was to go certain lengths in Reform, just enough to carry on the Go , stopped t e e Go vernment. p n n p n me i e e d nn shirt i a t 17s, rt that(e. Hear,crthe n hear, hear)— an d if th ey cou ld h ave got a majority in the H ouse o f C ommons, they would have Nowefotlrinelpßrinili is a cipleo n f le th ats eiprteoseannt end.Go- Gentlemen, the present Government are actuated by this honest desire, to give the great mass of the people of the united empire the benefit of those measures which ought to result from good government, prooeediug from the people themselves.----(Loud cheers,) There is not a Conservative in any county or borough who is not registered, for if he does not register himself, his friends get about him and teaze him to do so, in order that his vote might be added to the list of those who oppose principles of Reform. Their obje c t w ill b e, of course, in the next election to obta i n a majorityin the House of Commons, but then I am afraid that supposi ng this possible, that those measures you are anxious to see passed would not be carried, but, svh.;:li I trust will be resumed by the present Government in the next Session. I ought, perhaps, to advert sniy,- ; ifi pA ll y to two or three of those measures, becae:,, pa a lskso two or three comprise the differee„-es of opini on, emanating in a ipg'l4ll°(lllf:ll)Lthstetrqd difference of nrirwipipl A w l cogequently on which the battle that whirl} wa g Inserte d by a principle adopted by the 1-11°W43 4 C°4- "MQns in the Address to his Majesty, namely, the rep stem ought to prevail in the ad- Cheers.) The first was OClNl.larlYnliliileolnitt‘l_<ie House of Commons sups resentative system ministration of local affairs, and that they ought to be Placed Under efficient popular control ; those were the . words of the Address carried against the weight of the AQUA TICS. The watermen at Westminster-bridge rowed their annual match yesterday, and both in management and prowess it de serves considerable praise. Stairs wages, however good the competitors may be, can rarely boast of a good attendance; but as regards the contest of yesterday, it was but a sorry affair. The few gentlemen remaining in town did not think it possessed sufficient interest to induce them on such an un propitious day to order their boats out. William Campbell had been entered, but he and Charles, his brother (the cham pion), had started on Friday with Mr. Thynne, the backer of the unvanquished, in his cruise round the coast. William Campbell's place was taken by Hancock, a very indifferent exchange. The distance rowed was from Westminster-bridge up, round the beacon ; down, round the Port Mahon ; and back to the bridge. After a very well contested heat they came in thus:— 1. George Campbell and Joseph Kennett Yellow 2. Edward Howell and William Spratt Green 3. John Jones, jun., and John May Purple 4. James How el and W. May ...White . . The stem of the second boat at coming in was up to the aft stretcher of the leading boat. The match was rowed in two heats, although three were named in the announcement; and two scullers, Whitelaw and Elliss, were withdrawn. GREENIWICII REGATTA.—The contest fora wherry and other prizes announced for yesterday is postponed. REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Allow me to express the great doubt I entertain as to the propriety of the advice which the Poor Law Commis sioners have volunteered to the Guardians, as to the ap pointment of district or sub-Registrars. Under the Act it is clearly contemplated (and it is ob viously convenient), that the Clerk of the Union, as a known and, generally speaking, legally educated officer, should be the Superintendent Registrar. But, of course, the working, or sub-Registrars, must, for convenience, have smaller, or subdivided districts, generally perhaps corre sponding to the parishes, of which there are twenty or thirty, or more, in the Union. Now, the Commissioners have volunteered their advice to the Guardians to make the medical men, the district, or sub, we may almost say the parochial, Registrars—whose office it will always be to be on the spot to receive and enter the births, and deaths, and marriages, where (as will no doubt for obvious reasons of convenience be generally the case), they will also be appointed by the Superintendent to be Marriage Registrars. Now, the Commissioners have no authority to issue such advice, and they should, at least, be sure that they are not doing mischief. In the first place, it may be observed, that it is hardly likely that medical men will take such an office ; which may add a few pounds a-year to the salary of such a man as a collector, but can never compensate a medical man for the trouble, confinement, and annoyance it will give. In the next place, the medical men cannot supply more than a fractional part of the number wanted. They reside in the towns, and the parishes round have nothing of the sort resident in them—yet surely the sub-Registrar should be on the spot. The only alleged qualification of the doctors is their aptitude for stating the cause of death accurately. But this is a mere statistic matter of curiosity, quite incidental and collateral ; and surely should not interfere with the substance of the Act to be executed. Moreover, the Union Doctor will only in a few cases perhaps know, ex cept by hearsay, what was the cause of death, and his re port will be, therefore, little, if at all, better than another's. Against, however, any fancied aptitude in the medical man for this minor part of the duty, is to be set the obvious inaptitude of t/'.• habits and occupation of a country doctor for any se:11 office. The man wanted is surely a steady man business of the middle ranks, conversant with books and accounts, known as an officer of the district, always in it, mixing with all ranks in matters of business, and to be found, with certainty and regularity, at some known time and place ; with a small income to which a few pounds may be an object of importance. Can any one who knows what the medical officer of a Union is, visiting perhaps half a score parishes, and always on the wing (and in most cases making an income, to which the paltry profit of a Registry can be nothing compared to its annoyance and trouble), consider him a proper person for a parochial Registrar, even in his own town ? And even if he could or would act there, what is to become of all the other parishes or districts of the Union ? It is quite cle2r that the. appointments never can be sup plied to any extent by this class of men ; that uniformity in the sort of officials is very desirable ; and therefore that the suggestion of this ridiculous and impracticable specula tion is only leading the people astray to whom it is ad dressed. I can only hope that it will be either withdrawn or disregarded, as it deserves. Wherever I have been it has been received with shouts of laughter, at such a notion emanating from Cockney-Land. I have adverted to the obvious propriety of the Sub- Registrars being also the Deputy-Registrars for attending marriages. This function in particular requires a person of punctual and regular habits and occupations. But can any one conceive that the matter can be managed with any sort of regularity or convenience, if the marrying couple are to be dependant on the attendance of the doctor from the neighbouring town ? His aid may be wanted in due time afterwards ; but surely it was reserved for modern days of intelligence to make the doctor a necessary atten dant at the nuptials of his neighbourhood.—Yours, &c. A WARM ADVOCATE FOR THE REGISTER BILL. Mr. Charles Evans, of Manchester, the banker, has failed; his liabilities, chiefly to small tradesmen, arc about 60,0001. By an Act of Parliament, passed on the 19th of May in the present year, it is enacted that masters of ves sels arriving from foreign parts, at any port in this kingdom, must report to the chief officers of the Customs whether he has any and what aliens on board, under a penalty of 20/. CHURCH RATE.—We congratulate the inhabitants of Berwick on getting for ever rid, as they have recently, of this odious tax. Saturday morning, a fellow went to the door of Mr. Cooksey, undertaker, No. 52, Amwell-street, Pentonville, to ask charity, and while Mr. Cooksey turned into a back room to procure him a trifling sum, the rascal snatched up a coat that was upon a chair, and was out of sight in an instant. In the pockets was a banker's bill-book, containing one 201., two 5/. ; also 124/. 14s. 9d. in bills of exchange. The Greenwich Railway Company have commenced lighting their line with gas. Its appearance from the Old Kent-road is very brilliant, and, when completed to London Bridge, it will certainly be one of the most splendid displays of gas in Europe. The Russian men- of-war that have arrived from the north, came to an anchor on the Bth at Copenhagen. A project, we hear, is on foot, for a railway from Halifax to Leeds, by way of Bradford.—Leeds Times. "ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A HORSE."—We cannot do better than direct the attention of that numerous class of our readers mho arc interested in tl:e choice and management of horses, to that excellent little work, which has already reached a Second Edition, under the above title. It is evidently the production of a gentleman of sound judgment and exten s i ve experience, and conveys, in a most lively and yaplup style, information which may be the means of enabling the reader to f9rm a correct judgment on a subject which is often a source of much unavoidable expense, as well a frequently of personal annoyance. The cost of the volume is trifling, but the value of possessing it may prove invaluablq, Government of that day, who were not even willing to concede that principle. Why did they oppose this Because they know perfectly well that next to the Reform Bill itself, the Reform of Municipal Corporations was likely to produce a great effect in giving the people a power • which they did not before possess.—(Cheers.) No sooner did a change of Government take place, than a Bill was laid on the table of the House of Commons, and that Bill, • lam happy to say, notwithstanding its mutilations, did become the law of the land. I need not remind vou of what the fruits of that Bill, even during the short period it has been in operation, has been —the rejection of the Irish Corporation Reform Bill this Sessio n ; can you doubt that the experience of the working of the English Bill, produced the opposition to the Irish Bill, and what has been the opposition to this Bill—to refus e the same ad vantages to Ireland which England enjoys —not that Ire land is not fit for it, but because they do not w i s h to see the same effects, and finding the majority was increasing on that subject, they said " Oh ! we will take our chanc'e what may turn up between this and another Session, be cause our hopes are at an end, and if we do not thus act, we shall not be able to do so then, when that chance will be altogether thrown away." Lord Lyndhurst made a great parade of the influence which lie possessed, in order to thwart this Bill ; but I would remind him that there is an inherent power in the people—(Cheers)—which may make the boldest man quail, before that determined front which the people of this united empire may present, when assert ing, through the representation, by mighty majorities, that this Bill ought to be carried, and affirming that principle it, the event of a dissolution, which I doubt not they will.— (Hear, hear.) In many places the Tories have been suc cessful in returning their candidates, but this has not arisen from any change in principle, but from the want of una nimity among the Reformers.—(Hear, hear.) The Tories talk a great deal about the county elections, and about what took place at Newcastle, and of which, I think, they cer tainly ought to talk, because it was well known in town that there was a very large body of Reformers ill that bo rough, and we did not believe that they would prefer taking a man who was opposed to Reform merely because they did not approve exactly of every act of the Reform candidate ; but what do they say to the borough of Sheffield— what was done there, in the face of what took place at Newcastle ? Lord Melbourne offered a situation in the Government to one of its members, Mr. Parker, and he was not the least afraid to appeal to the people of Sheffield. There was another instance—the day before the proroga tion of Parliament, Mr. Blamire was appointed to the office of Commissioner under the Tithe Bill, for the purpose of adjusting those local matters with which he is very con versant ; now he was the Member for CumberlariA • which is also represented by Sir James Graham. rae Tories said that a re-action had taken place in that county, and that in the next election they would bring forward another can didate, who went quite as far as Sir James Graham in Toryism—for I regret to say he is gone over.—(Loud cheers.) A very different result, however, took place when the opportunity was afforded : Mr. James, a gentleman of large fortune, great spirit, and a most zealous Reformer, was returned in the room of Mr. Blamire. The real rea son of this was, that the Reformers were agreed on all sides.—( Cheers.) There is one other question to which I will allude, which, as you are all aware, has occupied conside rable attention—that question relates to Ireland, and one which came early into discussion—l mean the question of the Irish Church ; on that, greater misrepresentation has taken place than on any other subject. The proposition made in reference to the Irish Church was a moderate one--that after having provided effectively and efficiently, by a better distribution of its revenues, by taking from the larger and giving to the smaller livings, and then to apply whatever surplus might be remaining for the purpose of general education—the great object was to embue them with the principles of our common faith, not depriving them of the means of religious instruction, and not making points of difference the points on wi:;ich they were to be educated together.—(Hear, beak) What is the feeling in Ireland at the present momr n t ? They live as enemies, mutually distrusting each other. Now, it is impossible at once to get rid of the.t feeling, but I trust that ultimately it will be removed, by educating them together in the same common principles in which they can all agree, and giving them every opportunity of being relieved from that ignorance which is the parent of error and superstition. With respect to the reform of the Irish Municipal Corpora tions, I feel confident we shall succeed in this question ; and on the other, the Irish Church, we have not succeeded, and I cannot say lam equally confident of its being carried at the same early period as the other. I think that the pro position is a just one, and when the people understand it they will support it. All Government is in the people— that power is not a physical but a moral power, which it is duty as well as a right for them to exercise, and al though 1 do not believe that an election will take place im mediately, notwithstanding some of our friends threaten us with an opposition whenever it comes, I doubt not but that your opinions will be expressed in that constitutional man ner, which I rejoice may now be adopt e d, w ith ou t th at slur upon the English Constitution, which in an appeal to the people was formerly the case. I believe, however, that it must be settled by an appeal to the people. I tell you that the power is in your hands, and each individual elector has the power to contribute to the support of those mea sures, which will never be carried except by a decided ex pression of the opinion of the people, and it is their own fault if they do not do so.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then concluded by stating that the Ministry were perfectly willing to do the work ; but if the constituency were in the situation of the Government, they would find that there were difficulties in the way which they were not always aware of; but if they found them deficient in what they considered to be the duty of honest Reformers, all he asked of the electors was, to let him know it, and give him an opportunity of explaining his conduct ; if that were not sa tisfactory, he would not wish to continue to be their repre sentative. The Hon Baronet sat down loudly cheered. Sir E. ConaaNaTox expressed the pleasure he felt in again meeting them, and the two Members then retired, enthusiastically cheered. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND J. S. BUCKINGHAM ESQ. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND J. S. BUCKINGHAM, ESQ. IN REFERENCE TO AN ADDRESS, RECENTLY DELIVERED AT SHEFFIELD, BY MR. BUCK INGHAM. (NO. 1.) Tunbridge Wells, Sept. 3, 1836. SIR,—I find in the Standard of yesterday a report of some parts of a speech said to have been delivered by you at Sheffield. In these extracts, after commenting upon my conduct, after observing that I had combined my influence and power with that of Sir J. Hobhouse to seal your ruin, you are made to observe, " Theso were his solemn and reiterated professions, and you have seen how he redeemed them. The distance be tween day and night—between truth and falsehood—be twgen the highest degree of honour and the lowest degree of !baseness—between fidelity and treachery—between courage and cowardice—between virtue and vice—is not, and cannot be greater, than between the words and actions of the personages who filled the chief characters in this melancholy and degrading drama." I wish to be informed whether you used these words, and whether you mean to apply the words falsehood, base ness, treachery, and cowardice to my - actions as respects your claim upon the East India Company? or to any part of my conduct with regard to yourself? Your humble servant, (Signed) J. RUSSELL. J. S. Buckingham, Esq., M. P. (No. 2.) Guildford, Sept. 7, 1836. •MY LORD—As I have ever acted towards you with the fairness and openness becoming the nature of the inter course that so long subsisted between us, I shall continue the same course to the end, whether observed by others or not ; and in this spirit I feel it my duty to forward you a copy of the address recently delivered by me to my consti tuents at Sheffield. I wish it had been in my power, both for your sake and for my own, to have spoken differently of the late proceed ings in the House of Commons, on the subject of my claims. But truth demanded of me the exposition I have given. It was not necessary to say more, but I could not consent to say less : and if it gives you pain, be assured that I regret the cause of this pain as much as yourself. I am, my Lord, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) J. S. BUCKING The Right Hon. Lord John Russell. (No. 3.) White Hart Hotel, Guildford, Sept. 8, 1836, MY Loan—Your letter of the 3d instant, dated .P l.Olll t ? Tunbridge Wells , having been addressed to Inc aJ'nefli' or : from thence redirected to London, and fr oni thence f warded here, has only just reached ou ru t s r i l dy this morning's post. I have partly anticipated • y Lordships wishes, by having sent you yesterty from this place a letter, and an authentic copy of ' t:tie speech t made by me to my consti tuents 29th ult. The extract given in the Standard, 1 1 Which your Lordship refers, be found, 1 believe, to correspond accurately with the ' printed y version of the whole speech already in you r h an d s therefore, fro m th e fullest responsibility. I do not fo rw whatever v shrink t , speech may con t a i n, as conveying after the m os t mat• ' my deliberate convictions, mature judgment, that I could give to the subjects of it. In reply to your L or d s hi p ' s secon d que stion, whether I meant " to apply th e terms falsehood, baseness, treachery, and cowardice," to your Lordship or 's actions, as res p ects my claim upon the East India CompahY, to any part of I beg to your Lordship's co n d uc t w ith regard to myself , 1 state th at I did not apply these terms to either ; as a re ference to the passage itself, will show that I there asserted what I now repeat, that the contrast between those quail- ties and their direct opposites, was not, and could not, be greater than between the words and actions of the parties named ; and having stated what those words and what those actions were, I left those to whom I addressed myself to judge for themselves whether the contrast was not, as I de scribed it as great as between any things the most oppo site that could be named. The whole tenor of my address was, however, a com ment on the public conduct of public men, in the various public transactions of the session ; and whatever that ad dress contained had reference to such public conduct alone. Your Lordship's public professions and publicly declared opinions on the conduct of the East India Company towards me, and your publicly declared conviction of the justice of my claims, was therefore, in this address, contrasted with your conduct as Leader of the House of Commons, when a mere repetition of the same sentiments from your place in Parliament would have obtained the support of the House of Commons in their favour, while your silence and your absence were fatal to my cause. If your Lordship is able to justify this conduct in the eyes of the country, to whom my appeal is now made, I shall be happy to afford every facility for such justification, by attending any meet ing for th a t purpose wh i ch your Lordship may appoint. Of Your personal honour and integrity in any private transaction, as between one gentleman and another, I have 'l , c .iv veo of rentertained n or expresse d a d ou b t, any more than I edn:Dpilruetnhodterreopesersonal ho nour an d i ntegr i ty o f t h e G overnors d o f and d e r East uin India r s u Company, ohthe l whom conventional I hav b an is have of morality,_ th at t h ese pr i vate and personal -virtues are frequently found to co-exist with the entire absence of principleubiie g rounds , in ro publicuna nd men. all Butoin p ,on public grounds alone, I must still take leave to repe a t, that the con t rast b etween the public con d uct of your Lordship' Whig Oppositi on of 18' ), 1 and as a M em b er o f t h e 1826, and the public con duct of your Lordship as a Member of the Whig Govern ment and Leader of the House of Commons in 1836, on the subject of my claims on the East Indi a C ompany f or that compensation whi c h t h e select committee, of which your Lordship was a member, unanimously declared t o b e e justly due to me—app ears t o me tobe as great as between , day and night, or between any other two' thing s th e mos t opposite to each other that cr:‘n be named. I am, my Lord, your most obedient s (Signe , lj J. S. BUCKINGHAMservant The Right Hon. L or d J o hn R usse ll , M.p., B,c • &e. (No. 4.) Tunbridge Wells, Sept. 10 1 ga g. Sir,--I your I have received yesterday and t o -d a letters of the 7th and Bth instant. It is satisfactory to me to find that you did not mean, to cast any imputations on my personal honour and in tegrity. I can make allowance for the irritated feelings which the losses and disappointments you have sustained may have excited ; but I must add, that " truth," which you say de manded of you the exposition you have given, ought to have demanded of you not to omit other facts, which would have materially altered the case you have so elaborately endeavoured to make out against me. It is not my wish, however, to appeal to any public meeting on this subject, mt. do I now think it necessary to say more than that I slaall be ready to defend my con duct in Parliament whenever it may be called in question. I urn, Sir, your humble servant, (Signed) J. RUSSELL. J. S. Buckingl , :ai n , - Esq., M.P. BERNE. SEPT. I.—The Diet yesterday defeated the Jesuits. The Constitution which the Congress of Vienna allowed to Switzerland in 1815 was as bad as a gift from such hands could be expected to be. On the whole Continent, Austria not excepted, the principle was fully established that the State had the superintendence over the priests. In Swit zerland, on the contrary, the monks and Jesuits received back all the ancient immunities and privileges which they had previously enjoyed there. The consequences of it are but too visible in the cantons of Unterwaldeu and Uri, where no printing-office exists to the present day. The Catholic Church formed a State in the State, its func tionaries not acknowledging any other authority than that of the Pope. The nuisance becoming at last insupportable, several Protestant cantons, containing a mixed population, got up a conference at Baden, in the county of Argau, three years ago, where it was laid down as a principle that the State had the superintendence of the Church. The canton of Argau, which, with those of St. Gallen, Zurich, Lucerne, and Basil-country, had adopted the conclusions of the Conference of Baden, imposed on all its Catholic priests the obligation to swear allegiance to the political constitu tion of the canton. Some priests refused, saying they ac knowledged no other authority than that of the Pope. The Cantonal Government, however, displaying a proper degree of energy, declared that all the priests who within four weeks should not swear allegiance to the constitution would be replaced. At the same time, at the end of 1835, the authorities assembled their troops, and invoked the assist ance of some of the neighbouring cantons, Zurich and Basil country, which marched their troops to the frontiers of Argau. The priests, seeing that the affair began to become serious, complied with the orders of the Cantonal Go vernment. In the month of last June, however, some monasteries of the canton of Argau addressed a petition to the Diet, complaining of a violation of their privileges. It is this petition which the Diet yesterday rejected by a great majority. _ This event contains a severe reprove' of an unpardonable pusillanimity which the Cantonal Government of Berne has shown in a similar occurrence. Berne, in last February, acceded to the Conference of Baden. As soon as this was known, the Catholic priests in the Jura roused their popu lations, telling them the Government of Berne was en tirely composed of atheists, who had resolved to extirpate the Catholic religion, and to circumcise all their Catholic subjects ! It was upon such instigations that the peasants were seduced to plant their Jesus-Christ trees, as they called them, which, in profanation of every religious sentiment, were Jacobin trees, mounted by a crucifix in stead of a, bonnet de liberte. The whole Jura district was in a state of open insurrection, when, in the course of last March, the Cantonal Government sent troops there, who without great difficulty put down the insurrection. The Government, besides, had the magnanimity not to punish any of the criminals, the great Council decree ing a general amnesty for all of them, with the excep tion of the priest Cuttat and his two vicars, who had been the principal instigators of the insurrection. Tran quillity and order were re-established when the French Ambassador declared to the Canton of Berne, that if they did not recede from their adhesion to the Conference of Baden, the French Government :would immediately send troops to occupy all the district of the Jura. The Great Council of Berne allowed themselves to be intimidated, and declared they would apply to the Pope, and pray him to give them his authorization to accede to the Conference of Baden. This will render them good Christians, for it is easily to be supposed that the Pope will keep them praying a long time. The Conference of Baden, it must not be forgotten, did not resolve any measure against the proper ties arid culte of the Catholic Church : it simply pro nounced a principle—a principle acknowledged in Austria, Germany, and France, long before the first French Revo lution—namely, that the Catholic priest owes obedience to the political laws and authorities of his country ; and that he is a citizen of the State which he inhabits. Upon the simple declaration, then, O. f such a principle, the priests incite the peasants to an open revolt : and the Government, when it puts down the revolt, is threatened with a military occupation of their soil b y the ambassador of France. This question waso of r odti.ion, Ebt.ogether with the comedyopisi Baron n of c o ro re k l e g n n , er a s s . and Conseil," which if the n 1•) trumped-up di(4 the expulsio n Alli ance is bI papers say. But it i s certain that, if thlc F do ren n c o h t know the Quadruple Al liance was a demonstration intended ag a i ns t t h e N ort h ern Powers, it ha s never received its executive in Switzer land, where the Duke of Montebello kept aloof from the English, and was always acting in concert w i t h t h e Am bassadors o f those Courts against wh om th e Qu a d r uple principally Alliance was p • •pal ly directed. Nobody has, there fore, b een astonished by the fact, that Monsieur do Met terni i.,11 has recalled his favourite, M. Gozzi, the • Secre tary of M. de Bombelles, for having said that the Duke of Montebello did not behave like a diplomatist, but like an impudent booby. If the English Government wishes to save the independence of Switzerland they have no time to lose, for things are come to the last degree of confusion,. It is perhaps not an unimportant fact that the all-pce,verful Minister of tire Grand Dukedom of Baden, n. Winter, is making a tour in Switzerland. He has many friends in Switzerland ; and though I will not lay any stress upon the fact that the town of Basil, when Basil country separated from her, offered itself to the Grand Duke of Baden, the least that can happen is, that Switzer land will be frightened into an accession to the Prussia* comwercial union, which is here generally looked upon as k, euphemism for the esta blishment of the political supreme cy of the Emperor of Russia, whose father-in-law the Kitty, o f Prussia has the honour to be : and fathers, you know, have sometimes too much affection for their childrela.—Corres pundent of a Morning Paper. It is related of a late celebrated sportsman that when forbidden the use of any spiriturJus liquors during his , illness, he drank the Eau de Cologn'1: t h at h e pro f esse d to re quire as a perfume, till the quant;:q consumed raised. the sus picion of his attendants; and in the openness of lits heart he confessed that he had swallowed it. On Thursday last, two young men from Rochdale, Lancashire, af ter t a ki ng an excursion round the Floating L i g h t, returned to their lodgings, and ate a leg of mutton weighing Silbs., together with 31bs. of potatoes and filb of bread, all of which they washed down with three quarts of ale. M ,4;1,. 3;